7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Nitro at the brewery taproom. Generally not a fan of American stouts, I firmly believe that a malt forward beer shouldn't be hoppy - looking at you, Am. barleywine - but frankly this was spot on balance-wise. It was moderately but still quite apparently dry and bitter, giving off dark chocolate/cacao powder vibes but partly due to the nitro it was still silky and malty. In theory I shouldn't have liked this one yet I still did.